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> Firstly, that's just not true. That is a thing that happens, but it is not the only thing that happens. Bureaucracies come about for all sorts of reasons, and

• darawk 6y ago
  > So it is true, it's just not complete? Yes, it is a thing that happens. But the original commenter described it as the only thing that happens, which is not true. > What if the best way to do this is to remove the capitalist incentives that motivate local communities to operate this way? I think that would be great. But how do you enact that? Do you eliminate property rights? What do you replace them with? If you want my view, the correct policy is a land value tax (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax). A policy more likely to be implemented is to move zoning laws up the governmental stack to the state level, so that they're not so easily locally influenced.
  • camgunz 6y ago
    > But the original commenter described it as the only thing that happens, which is not true. Sorry if I came across that way; that's not what I meant. Of course there are some regulations that are overburdening. But this is like saying we should repeal TANF because it has a non-zero (very low) fraud rate: it focuses on the wrong thing. The comparative burden between the rare overzealous regulation and ladder pulling regulation is bonkers.